The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-10-20
CONDENSED NEWS.
Washington News Items.


The Lieutenant General started west to
investigate the pending trouble with the
Indians. Meanwhile the situation at the
Crcw agency grows more omincus and
bloodshed is.apprehended.
Consul General Cardwell, of Cairo,
Egypt in a reportto the department oil
state, calls special attention to the un
successful Iabnrs Of American missionaries
in the valley OF the Nile. Nearly 5000
native pupils are in attendance at the
schools that have been established.
Washington Special: 1t is privately an,
nounced, but gpon good official authority,
that tho department OF Justice has called
for the resignation Of Judge w. III. Francis
Solicitor General jerks. acting attorney
general. informed the Washington CORE
spondent of the Pioneer Press that he had
heard nothing OF the above matter.
First Lieut.. T. NJ. Woodruff, Fifth in
fantry. who has been stationed in Wash
ington for some time on signal service du.
ty, and who has just returned from tour
OF inspection of signal service stations,
left for st. Paul, where he will establish q
weather. bureau Tor the Northwestern
states.
Upon the reassembling of the United
States supreme court Chief Justice Waite
announced that the court had decided to
cases OF Attorney General Ayres and two
commonwealth ATTORNEYS OF Virginia, who
are now in prison in Richmond for disre-
sarding the orders OF Judge Boud in the
coupon crusher litigation.
The treasury department has under f;,'
vorable considera lion proposition to ex
tend to depositary banks in Boston, Phil
adelphia and other large cities the privi
lege recently granted such banks in New
York OF holding public funds to the am cunt
OF l. 10 per cent. of their bond deposits and
to increase the maximum amount so held
to 81. loo, 900.
Postoffices established: Minnesota:
Chehalis. LIE Saeur county; Rocky, Nor
. man county. Postmasters commissioned
Dakota: Buffalo Center, w. j. Hughs;
Rokey. J. S. Roupe. Montana: Marion,
A. M. Thompson. Wisconsin: New Hope,
Theresa Berg. Fourth-class. postmasters
appointed. Dakota: Ingersoll, A. J. O.
Fyerlie; Portland. 0. II. Cley; Turtle Lake,
G.. C. w. West. Iowa: Shannon City, F,
w. Loomis; Tiosa, w. Gilchrist. Minneso.
TIA: Lake Elmo, n. r. McNiece.
The following pensions have been grant.
ed: Wisconsin: j. Boehulein. Brother
town; W. J. Downing, Ontario; w. Flynn,
nell, Ontario; j. T, Babcock, Norway
Ridge; ]. n. Pease, Wautoma; o. Olson,
Perry; j. ]. Pauly, Brothertown; c. Reed
Sparta; F. Jocks. Menomonee. Minneso.
ta: Mother Of II. Pulcifer st. Paul. Orig
inal: P. Dohely, Henderson,; +. c. Davis,
Crookston; j. Mueller. Minneapolis; W. P.
Gates, Kingston. Dakota: w. L. Miner,
Eden.
Secretary Lamar has addressed a letter
to the attorney general urging him to be-
gin criminal prosecution against Thomas
L. Greenough OF Missoula, Mont, for cut
ting 400 cedar and pine trees from unsur-
veyed lands along the line OF the Northern
Pacific railroad in kootenai county, Ida
ho. He manufactured the trees into piling
which he sold to the Northern Pacific com
pany, and 1000 railroad ties, which were
afterward seized by the government
Greenough claims he was appointed an
agent to cut the ties by the Spokane & Pa
louise railroad.